The Archive · 1938

Yellow River Bridge Reopening

Tsinan, Feb, 10.

Working day and night in sub-zero weather, engineers of "the Japanese Army and the South Manchuria Railway Company yesterday afternoon completed. repairs on a 350-moire span replacing the des-{toyed portions of the old iron bridge across the Yellow River.

The structure, which forms a curve whose outer rim is 100 metres downstream from the destroyed span, was erected in forty days. The rebuilt section is seven metres wide.

The bridge, sections of which were blown up. by retreating Chinese troops 87 days ago, wilt be formally opened to traffic to-morrow, in com-Dom ° 4 Yemoration of the Empire Day.—

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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